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To allow only the contacts on your instant messaging contact list to 
see you as being online, select 
Availability
> 
Avail. for contacts
.
To appear as being offline, select 
Availability
> 
Appear offline
.
When you are connected to the instant messaging service, 
 indicates 
that you are online and 
 that you are not visible to others.
Contacts for instant messaging
You can add contacts to the instant messaging contacts list.
1. Connect to the instant messaging service, and select 
IM contacts
.
2. To add a contact to the list, select 
Options
> 
Add contact
, or if you 
have no contacts added, select 
Add
. Select 
Enter ID manually
Search 
from serv.
Copy from server
, or 
By mobile number
. When the contact 
is successfully added, the phone confirms it.
3. Scroll to a contact, and to start a conversation, select 
Chat
, or select 
Options
> 
Contact info
Block contact
 (or 
Unblock contact
), 
Add 
contact
Remove contact
Change list
Copy to server
, or 
Availability 
alerts
.
Block and unblock messages
To block messages, connect to the instant messaging service, and select 
Conversations
> 
IM contacts
, or join or start a conversation. Scroll to 
the contact from whom you want to block incoming messages, select 
Options
> 
Block contact
> 
OK
.
To unblock messages, connect to the instant messaging service, and 
select 
Blocked list
. Scroll to the contact from whom you want to unblock 
the messages, and select 
Unblock
.
You can also unblock messages from the contact list.
Groups
You can create your own private groups for an instant messaging 
conversation, or use the public groups provided by the service provider. 
The private groups exist only during an instant messaging conversation, 
and the groups are saved on the server of the service provider.  If the